Frisk some white guys, too

11:03 AM,
Aug. 20, 2013

Eugene Robinson

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EUGENE ROBINSON

For all who believe in colorblind justice - and want to see fewer African-American and Hispanic men caught up in the system - there are two items of good news: a judge's ruling ordering changes in New York's "stop and frisk" policy and Attorney General Eric Holder's initiative to keep nonviolent drug offenders out of prison.

First, "stop and frisk." Mayor Michael Bloomberg is having a hissy fit over U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin's finding that the policy amounted to "indirect racial profiling." On his weekly radio show, the mayor wouldn't even say Scheindlin's name, calling her "some ...